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# PasswordAuthentication

`public final class PasswordAuthentication`
`extends Object` ``

java.lang.Object
↳ | java.net.PasswordAuthentication

The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator. It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.

See also:

- `Authenticator`
- `Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()`

## Summary

### Public constructors
`PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)` Creates a new `PasswordAuthentication` object from the given user name and password.

### Public methods
`char[]` | `getPassword()` Returns the user password.
`String` | `getUserName()` Returns the user name.

### Inherited methods
From class `java.lang.Object`
`Object` | `clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean` | `equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void` | `finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>` | `getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int` | `hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void` | `notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void` | `notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String` | `toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.

## Public constructors

### PasswordAuthentication

    public PasswordAuthentication (String userName,
                    char[] password)

Creates a new `PasswordAuthentication` object from the given user name and password.

Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in the new `PasswordAuthentication` object.

Parameters
`userName` | `String`: the user name
`password` | `char`: the user's password

## Public methods

### getPassword

    public char[] getPassword ()

Returns the user password.

Note that this method returns a reference to the password. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

Returns
`char[]` | the password

### getUserName

    public String getUserName ()

Returns the user name.

Returns
`String` | the user name

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